tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Apr 24 18:49:53 2004
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Re: 'uD vs. 'uD'a' ?
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: 'uD vs. 'uD'a' ?
- Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:49:14 +1000
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ghItlhpu' ghunchu'wI':
>(My guess is that Okrand intended {'uD} to refer to something which emits
>light, but now it's officially translated the same as {'uD'a'} "laser".)
That's an interesting point. {'uD Haqtaj} could still have {'uD} referring
to a light-emitting source in general rather than a laser in particular, to
distinguish from a {baS Haqtaj}. That would explain why we have the verb
derivations {wovmoHwI'} and {wovmoHbogh janHom} instead of one simple noun
root for "light source".
BTW, I asked this question a while back, but got no response one way or the
other: Do the members of the list see a significant difference between
{wovmoHwI'} "light, lantern" and {Sech} "torch"? Would {Sech} refer to a
stick-with-a-fire-at-the-end kind of torch?
For my money, I've always thought that an {'uD} would be more like a laser
pointer, and {'uD'a'} like the laser Goldfinger uses on James Bond.
{jIjatlh DapIH'a'?} {ghobe', Bond qaH, bIHegh vIpIH!} {{:)
QeS lagh
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